The Leicester branch will be visiting the National Gas Museum, Aylestone Road, Leicester. Booking is required. From 8 July onwards email leicester@lrfhs.org.uk for details. Please do not email prior to this date.
Speaker - Susan Barton. Thomas Cook was well-known for their travel business, and Susan will be telling the story of their founder and how the business came to be so famous over the years.
Speaker - Nigel Mann. Nigel will be exploring the problems and challenges faced by immigrants in Britain through the 17th and 18th centuries. He will follow a family of refugees from their home in northern France to the Netherlands, then to Yorkshire and finally gaining safety in a religious retreat in Cambridgeshire. We will hear […]
Speaker - Ned Newitt. Ned is a well-known historian and speaker, and this talk will look at the 'infidels' of Leicester. These freethinkers risked imprisonment, lost jobs and were ostracised because of their fight for the freedoms enjoyed today. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea/coffee available & CD/Book Stall.
Speaker - Owen Lewellen. There is always debate as to whether the punishment fits the crime. In this talk, Owen will be taking us into the world of transportation: how you could get transported and what it was like. Did the punishment really fit the crime?
An evening of opportunity to bring along and share challenges and barriers that you have encountered in your family history research. There will be open and friendly discussion and debate, and the combined experience of contributors will be a great help in finding solutions to whatever has brought your research to a shuddering halt.
Speaker - Simon Pawley. Simon will cover census history from Domesday Book, through subsequent collections of data and on to the Napoleonic wars and the need to establish potential soldier numbers. The familiar census format started in 1841 and he will talk on the evolution of our national census. There will also be advice on […]
Speaker - Richard Graves. Mary Attenborough, the mother of the naturalist David Attenborough, was a Leicester philanthropist, working for child refugees and child welfare in general. Richard will be telling her remarkable story. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea/coffee available & CD/Book Stall.
Speaker - Brian Johnson. Brian is well-known for his comprehensive knowledge of historical businesses and locations across Leicester. In this talk he will focus his attention on the country railway station: how it functioned, who worked there and what they did. He will also touch on record sources useful in your research.
Speaker - Brian Johnson. Leicester was once world-famous for the size and quality of its boot and shoe manufacturing trade. Brian will be describing the origins and growth of the industry, leading to its eventual decline. He will also offer insights into the workplace of an industry in boom. Doors open at 7pm for a […]
Speaker - Mike Burton. Mike will be speaking on the effects that Richard III had on the East Midlands, beyond his famous involvement at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Speaker - Robin Jenkins. Many of the fallen are remembered on smaller war memorials scattered around the county. Sadly, these can be at risk of becoming damaged or lost. Robin is an active member of the project and he will be explaining their work - past, present, and future. Doors open at 7pm for a […]